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Bernice Vetsch

St Paul, MN
Commenter for
5 years 29 weeks

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Posted on 03/09/12 at 10:22 am in response to Another Minneapolis council member favors stadium referendum

Not only would an Arden Hills location deprive the downtown area of business activity before and after games, but Ramsey County -- having once been suckered to pay $300 million-plus (over $600 million with interest) would end up having to build the roads, water/sewer and other infrastructure Zygi would need for his "village."

A b-a-d deal the county should be grateful not to enter into, but then I'm anti-stadium and consider that it would be a bad deal for Minneapolis as well.

Posted on 03/07/12 at 08:48 pm in response to Why we know so little about effects of vitamin D supplements

of calcium, which many people (usually women) need to take as they age. Taking calcium without Vitamin D can lead to calcium buildup in blood vessels.

One benefit claimed for Vitamin D that it helps relieve depression. I'd like to see a study giving a healthy daily dose to those persons who develop SAD (seasonal affective disorder) over the winter but return to normal emotional health as soon as spring comes and they can be outdoors in the sunshine.

Posted on 03/06/12 at 01:44 pm in response to Sen. Al Franken on peace process, national service, U.S.-Israel bond

and many other members of Congress have visited Israel. But the result is that they hear only about the "rockets raining down" on terrified Israeli residents of a town near the border with Gaza.
That is, of course, scary, but without visiting Gaza -- with about a million and a half persons in the world's largest prison -- they have no idea of the damage done to Gaza by an Israel that demolished much of its infrastructure when they invaded Gaza in 2007/8 and has since refused to...

Posted on 03/06/12 at 01:52 pm in response to Retiring GOP Sen. Geoff Michel says he wants to finish strong

Jim Ramstad's honest opinion of the way the current crop of ALEC Republicans is working to help with the right-task of legislating to benefit corporate power instead of addressing people's needs.

Posted on 03/06/12 at 01:11 pm in response to Nix on the expanded Castle Doctrine, says Dayton

The St. Paul Saints have played baseball at the old (ancient) stadium near the fairgrounds for several decades. Owner Bill Murray visited St. Paul to see games and play golf. The stadium now has to be torn down, however, and the Saints have to move.

It may be an "obscure" team in a less-than-famous league, but it has provided a lot more fun than most major sports teams . Its mascot was for years a pot-bellied Vietnamese pig. Sister Roseanne Gefre gave neck massages. Various forms...

Posted on 03/06/12 at 01:31 pm in response to Romney's RomneyCare problem just won't quit

like Switzerland and Norway -- with ONE glaring and costly omission, the mechanism by which they spend about half per person on medical care than we do. The difference is that, in Europe, insurance companies are not allowed to manage the system to their own advantage as they do here. When you are sick, you see your doctor. No insurer can refuse to insure you or refuse to pay a claim.

The Swiss government studies medical costs each year and allows price increases only when a...

Posted on 03/05/12 at 04:04 pm in response to Shelter report: Who counts among the homeless?

poverty, so to heal poverty we should give people money. The former mayor of San Francisco thought the same thing about homelessness and had one or more buildings constructed in which homeless, middle-aged and alcoholic men could live rent-free in single-room efficiency apartments.

These men now had a safe, warm place to sleep every night. They could not be asked to "move along." They could not be attacked by criminals seeking to steal what little cash they had. They could cook...

Posted on 03/05/12 at 03:33 pm in response to Voter ID plan raises many practical questions

seems to be dismissing this question without understanding the true and dire effects it would have on the constitutional right of the elderly, disabledpoor, student and homeless populations to vote.

This topic needs lots of public education so that voters who might vote for the amendment because it sounds on the surface as though it makes sense could understand that it is far from harmless.

Posted on 03/05/12 at 04:18 pm in response to Try, try again: Senate 'Gang of Six' hatching plan on US debt reduction

1) The misbegotten Bush tax cuts were responsible for about half of the gigantic deficit he left behind -- we should let them all expire

2) His two unfunded wars were responsible for the other half -- we should not get into even one more war unless we are attacked by another country (not individual people who happen to be from that country or happen to hiding in that country)

3) Tax capital gains at the same rate as ordinary income; the wealthy do not need this incentive...

Posted on 03/04/12 at 12:04 am in response to Obama: "We've got Israel's back"

was cited by the Christian Science Monitor of March 1. When asked if they supported Benjamin Netanyahu's desire to attack Iran, Israeli citizens responded as follows:

43 percent support an attack only if the US provides assistance
32 percent are opposed no matter what
22 percent support an attack with or without US support

I wish someone would poll the US Congress. My guess would be that the number supporting an attack -- and US support -- is pretty high,...